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Maryland

Denominational Groups, 2000

409,460 604,648 22,236 952,389 303,163 3,004,590
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals. Many are also missing in 1990 and most historically African American denominations are missing in the 1980 reports.
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Reports


^ Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 2 107 0.0
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 16 10,434 2.5
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 6 701 0.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 51 34,552 8.2
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) Evangelical Protestant 1 45 0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia Orthodox 1 450 0.1
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 86 15,881 3.8
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 79 0.0
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 4 750 0.2
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 3 396 0.1
Catholic Church Catholic 292 736,361 174.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 14 1,371 0.3
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 14 955 0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 36 8,132 1.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 27 5,146 1.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 176 0.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 17 4,350 1.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 85 9,701 2.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 37 13,367 3.2
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 65 13,555 3.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 35 8,059 1.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 33 5,016 1.2
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 51 0.0
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 159 71,699 17.0
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Mainline Protestant 1 298 0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 142 0.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 18 0.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 210 120,339 28.5
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 31 0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 10 2,022 0.5
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 13 1,920 0.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 5 351 0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 10 969 0.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 35 22,696 5.4
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 530 0.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 65 30,883 7.3
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.0
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province Mainline Protestant 3 875 0.2
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 2 336 0.1
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 4 647 0.2
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 2 115 0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 5 519 0.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 186 54,009 12.8
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 18 4,673 1.1
Reformed Episcopal Church Evangelical Protestant 4 954 0.2
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 13 4,518 1.1
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada Evangelical Protestant 1 15 0.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 72 18,711 4.4
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 268 128,411 30.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 17 3,982 0.9
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 78 25,207 6.0
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 1,011 322,099 76.4
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 2 220 0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 268 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 3,030 1,687,114  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 4,216,975. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,687,114) include 40.0% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County are Episcopalian.